A cyber attack simulation for teaching cybersecurity

Typ
04B - Beitrag Konferenzschrift
Herausgeber:innen
Gerber, Aurona
Herausgeber:in (Körperschaft)
Betreuer:in
Übergeordnetes Werk
Proceedings of Society 5.0 Conference 2023
Themenheft
DOI der Originalpublikation
Link
Reihe / Serie
Reihennummer
Jahrgang / Band
Ausgabe / Nummer
Seiten / Dauer
129-140
Patentnummer
Verlag / Herausgebende Institution
Verlagsort / Veranstaltungsort
Pretoria
Auflage
Version
Programmiersprache
Abtretungsempfänger:in
Praxispartner:in/Auftraggeber:in
Zusammenfassung
With the rising number of cyberattacks, such as ransomware attacks and cyber espionage, educating non-cybersecurity professionals to recognize threats has become more important than ever before. However, traditional training methods, such as phishing awareness campaigns, training videos and assessments have proven to be less effective over time. Therefore, it is time to rethink the approach on how to train cyber awareness. In this paper we suggest an alternative approach -- a serious game -- to educate awareness for common cyberattacks. While many serious games for cybersecurity education exist, all follow a very similar approach: showing people the effects of a cyber attack on their own system or company network. For example, one of the main tasks in these games is to sort out phishing mails. We developed and evaluated a new type of cybersecurity game: an attack simulator, which shows the entire setting from a different perspective. Instead of sorting out phishing mails the players should write phishing mails to trick potential victims and use other forms of cyberattacks. Our game explains the intention of each attack and shows the consequences of a successful attack. This way, we hope, players will get a better understanding on how to detect cyberattacks.
Schlagwörter
Fachgebiet (DDC)
330 - Wirtschaft
Projekt
Veranstaltung
3rd Society 5.0 Conference 2023 - Human centeredness in a cyber-physical society
Startdatum der Ausstellung
Enddatum der Ausstellung
Startdatum der Konferenz
05.06.2023
Enddatum der Konferenz
06.06.2023
Datum der letzten Prüfung
ISBN
ISSN
Sprache
Englisch
Während FHNW Zugehörigkeit erstellt
Ja
Zukunftsfelder FHNW
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Begutachtung
Peer-Review der ganzen Publikation
Open Access-Status
Gold
Lizenz
'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'
Zitation
SCHERB, Christopher, Luc HEITZ, Frank GRIMBERG, Hermann GRIEDER und Marcel MAURER, 2023. A cyber attack simulation for teaching cybersecurity. In: Aurona GERBER und Knut HINKELMANN (Hrsg.), Proceedings of Society 5.0 Conference 2023. Pretoria. 2023. S. 129–140. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-7362